I've been using ConcertWare for about twelve years on a Mac IIci, which has finally reached its 'use before' date. Now I have a spiffy new G4 which runs ConcertWare lightning fast, but I cannot get ConcertWare to interface with my Casio MIDI keyboard. I've tried:

* Keyspan serial adapter and serial MIDI box--no joy, after spending an hour on
the phone with Keyspan tech. support (they were baffled)

* OMS with MidiSport 2x2 USB connection--no way to get this to work with the
Apple MIDI Manager, as far as I can tell

Any ideas? Is there some secret I don't know?

WOW
Concertware?
theres a blast from the past.
i havent used it for several (7/8) years, but i'm betting its simply not clever enough by todays standards to be of much hope i'm afraid, sorry i cant be more immeadiately helpful.
When using the keyspan serial and midi interface were you using OMS?
i still have the concertware disk knocking about somewhere , so i'll give it a go on my day off next week and get back to you.
regards
max
(i'm kinda interested to see how many people remeber concertware, or even still use it, so please anyone who's ever heard of it post on this thread, (sorry for partly hijacking))

Similar problem here... If you find a solution please post it! I'm working on it too, so I'll let you know if I work it out first - if it can be worked out. I suspect that ConcertWare perhaps needs the old printer & modem ports however...

HIJACKING? Criminals will be prosecuted!

Anyway go on, if they do use it still, maybe it'll work under 9, else…

Next time we'll talk about the OS1.0 games that still run smoothly in X (got to try still) and THAT is OT

[concerware, concerware, that's virtual rock banging in cave stuff…]

Still poking about on this one.
As yet i cant make it work on the works G4, but i havent had a lot of time to fiddle , as far as i can tell, multiple midi ports arent poular with it.
Had it working in System 8.0 years ago , but only with single midi port.
I'm sure it got horribly confused by my (then) new MOTU midi express. Which is why i Bought Logic then (god i think it was abotu V3.5? or older!)
I suspect that having any more than 1 addressable I/o stream screws concertwares ancient little mind to oblivion.
I still have an old perfomer 5300 kicking about as well as the upgraded beige machines at home.
I'll play some more in the near future., got a little time off thanks to Glandular fever, but am too d*amn tired to do much right now.
Would rather be at work, but never mind.
I think i'd be doing you a favour to declare it dead , and suggest you purchase Logic or Cubase, neither of which need be that hard to learn if you take it one step at a time.
I prefer Logic, and it was my first step from concertware, so i guess it'd be a good start for you.
You Dont have to Go for platinum, to replicate all concert ware was capable of, i only bought Micrologic to start with, and upgraded very quickly to silver.
Now using Platinum, but thats because i do a hell of a lot of Audio with midi these days.
But nonetheless, i'll keep poking about, i like playing with 'dead' animals!

best regards
max

Recently, i use Melody Assistant. 15 $ share ware application which plays with new macintosh (OSX) and windows.
All things which ConcertWare can do are done by Melody Assistant, but there exit many things which ConcertWare can not do but Melody Assistant can do.
Probably persons who like ConcertWare become to use this new application.

if concertware hasn't been updated in all this time, run it on an old machine/os or give it a rest!
sounds like the difference betwen a sports car and a tractor.
be brave, you'll never look back!!!